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authorRob Pike <r@golang.org>2018-05-09 05:51:30 +1000
committerRob Pike <r@golang.org>2018-05-08 19:57:49 +0000
commitcd1976dbef0a4a474cccb9e7fcb1e9cf2310df66 (patch)
treecf19d92c319d60f1aeafec14ac30c41e7295e559
parent43b18f42410f427dbfa5b33cae88f6ef574bd547 (diff)
downloadgo-cd1976dbef0a4a474cccb9e7fcb1e9cf2310df66.tar.xz
doc/faq: tidy up a couple of nits
The phrase "couple X" is considered colloquial, so make that "a couple of X". Also move the start of a sentence to a new line in a couple of places for easier editing, in one place thereby removing two spaces after a period. Change-Id: If5ef05eb496afc235f8f0134c4e7346375a65181 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/112176 Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go_faq.html b/doc/go_faq.html
index 3893b82d7e..99a0e4a550 100644
--- a/doc/go_faq.html
+++ b/doc/go_faq.html
@@ -1855,7 +1855,8 @@ Why is my trivial program such a large binary?</h3>
<p>
The linker in the <code>gc</code> toolchain
-creates statically-linked binaries by default. All Go binaries therefore include the Go
+creates statically-linked binaries by default.
+All Go binaries therefore include the Go
run-time, along with the run-time type information necessary to support dynamic
type checks, reflection, and even panic-time stack traces.
</p>
@@ -1863,9 +1864,10 @@ type checks, reflection, and even panic-time stack traces.
<p>
A simple C "hello, world" program compiled and linked statically using
gcc on Linux is around 750 kB, including an implementation of
-<code>printf</code>. An equivalent Go program using
-<code>fmt.Printf</code> weighs a couple megabytes, but that includes
-more powerful run-time support, and type and debugging information.
+<code>printf</code>.
+An equivalent Go program using
+<code>fmt.Printf</code> weighs a couple of megabytes, but that includes
+more powerful run-time support and type and debugging information.
</p>
<h3 id="unused_variables_and_imports">